Puttcast: Mini Golf, Holey Moley & All Things Putting

Tom and Pat have been traveling and playing/organizing minigolf tournaments for a few weeks and finally had time to talk with each other. This audio is from a Facebook Live! they did on September 14, 2025. They touch on a bunch of AMA winners, discuss briefly the international scene and then go on some tangents based on some listener comments. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: AMA Tournament Winners and Rankings (03:03) Other Tournaments Coming Up (13:46) Other Minigolf Discussion (17:56) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can find us also on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠GolferGang network⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and The Putting Penguin on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ including the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠event page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, which has the link to the new ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠event history⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠membership⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ as discussed in the episode and the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠contact page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠WAG Tour page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Check out the WMF ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ pages for more content from the World Championships. Podcast Sponsors ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Castle Golf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - minigolf course constructors ⁠⁠LFI⁠⁠ - minigolf carpet installation Episode Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ (aka Mr. Tee) of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠A Couple of Putts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ I ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Putting Penguin⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat are joined by youth sensation Rebecka Johansson from Sweden who has not only won 3 medals in the last 3 World Adventure Golf Masters but has also shown her skills on a variety of minigolf surfaces. They talk to her about how she got into the sport, her preferences on surfaces, what it takes to achieve success and more from a youth putters perspective. They also check in on even more tournaments played in August including the Open Youth European Championships and more from both the AMA and oversees thanks to some field reports. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠. You can find us also on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠GolferGang network⁠⁠⁠⁠. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ and The Putting Penguin on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠ as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ including the ⁠⁠⁠⁠event page⁠⁠⁠⁠, which has the link to the new ⁠⁠⁠⁠event history⁠⁠⁠⁠ page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter ⁠⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠⁠. 2025 ⁠⁠⁠⁠membership⁠⁠⁠⁠ as discussed in the episode and the ⁠⁠⁠⁠contact page⁠⁠⁠⁠ where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠WAG Tour page⁠⁠⁠⁠ for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Check out the WMF ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ pages for more content from the World Adventure Golf Masters. Final results of the Crazies are ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Podcast Sponsors ⁠⁠⁠⁠Castle Golf⁠⁠⁠⁠ - minigolf course constructors ⁠LFI⁠ - minigolf carpet installation Episode Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Tom⁠⁠⁠⁠ (aka Mr. Tee) of ⁠⁠⁠⁠A Couple of Putts⁠⁠⁠⁠ I ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pat⁠⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Putting Penguin⁠⁠⁠ Episode Guest: Rebecka Johansson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Late June into early August provided a plethora of minigolf tournaments and Tom and Pat do their best to lightning through all the results and highlights. They start but crushing all of the AMA tournaments starting with the the wild M.C. Mini Masters then moving onto the Georgia Open, The Shack, Illinois Open, Red Putter and the recent Maine Open. As if that wasn't enough they talked about Pat's time representing the AMA at the NPT's Super Roll of Putting that was on ESPN "the Ocho" before covering a variety of worldwide events as well. They also got a couple of fields reports in as well from across the globe. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: AMA Tournaments MC Mini Masters (6:20 Georgia Open (15:15) The Shack Tournament (20:20) Illinois Open at Ball Fore (25:55) Red Putter (32:50) Maine Open (41:40) National Putting Tour Super Roll on The Ocho (48:55) Polish Championship(1:15:50) World Adventure Golf Tour Swedish Adventure Golf Masters (1:23:30) British Adventure Golf Masters (1:27:27) Upcoming Tournament (1:38:45) -O-Street Open, Moravian Adventure Golf Masters, Finnish Adventure Golf Masters Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠. You can find us also on the ⁠⁠⁠GolferGang network⁠⁠⁠. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ and The Putting Penguin on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠ as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ including the ⁠⁠⁠event page⁠⁠⁠, which has the link to the new ⁠⁠⁠event history⁠⁠⁠ page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter ⁠⁠⁠here ⁠⁠⁠. 2025 ⁠⁠⁠membership⁠⁠⁠ as discussed in the episode and the ⁠⁠⁠contact page⁠⁠⁠ where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the ⁠⁠⁠WAG Tour page⁠⁠⁠ for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Check out the WMF ⁠Facebook⁠ and ⁠YouTube⁠ pages for more content from the World Adventure Golf Masters. Final results of the Crazies are ⁠here⁠. Podcast Sponsors ⁠⁠⁠Castle Golf⁠⁠⁠ - minigolf course constructors LFI - minigolf carpet installation Episode Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠Tom⁠⁠⁠ (aka Mr. Tee) of ⁠⁠⁠A Couple of Putts⁠⁠⁠ I ⁠⁠⁠Pat⁠⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠⁠The Putting Penguin⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June kicks off the height of the minigolf tournament calendar! Tom and Pat focus on two of the biggest of the year - the World Crazy Golf Championship (Crazies) and the World Adventure Golf Masters. They cover all of the intense action in both those tournaments down to the wild finishes across the board in so many categories. As if that wasn't enough they hit on other AMA and WAG Tour tournaments and take a sneak peek at the beginning of a wild summer calendar in the putting world. They also have the pleasure of 4 field reports in this episode to help break up the monotony! As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: AMA Rosebud Open (10:43) AMA Rosebud Field Report - Mick Cullen (16:30) AMA Rosebud Field Report - Derek Hartmann (20:40) U.S. Open Field Report - Jason Durgala Jr (22:55) World Crazy Golf Championships (25:48) World Adventure Golf Masters (1:02:05) Other Results (1:51:50) Waikato Adventure Golf Masters Field Report - James Goatley (1:53:11) Upcoming Events (1:59:07) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠. You can find us also on the ⁠⁠GolferGang network⁠⁠. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ and The Putting Penguin on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ including the ⁠⁠event page⁠⁠, which has the link to the new ⁠⁠event history⁠⁠ page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter ⁠⁠here ⁠⁠. 2025 ⁠⁠membership⁠⁠ as discussed in the episode and the ⁠⁠contact page⁠⁠ where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the ⁠⁠WAG Tour page⁠⁠ for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Check out the WMF Facebook and YouTube pages for more content from the World Adventure Golf Masters. Final results of the Crazies are here. Podcast Sponsors ⁠⁠Castle Golf⁠⁠ - minigolf course constructors Episode Hosts: ⁠⁠Tom⁠⁠ (aka Mr. Tee) of ⁠⁠A Couple of Putts⁠⁠ I ⁠⁠Pat⁠⁠ of ⁠⁠The Putting Penguin⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat spend plenty of time recapping the very busy month of May! From AMA tournaments in the US to international tournaments across the globe, there was plenty of minigolf in May (and they only touched on a small portion of it). The big story they spend time on is the World Adventure Golf Tour final, which Tom attended and highlights are on Olympics.com As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: Looniest Minigolf Open (4:05) Lighthouse Classic (15:22) World Adventure Golf Tour Final/WAG Tour (19:30) US Open (37:15) Welsh Crazy Golf Championship (50:40) City Golf Tour (52:25) Upcoming Events (55:10) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠. You can find us also on the ⁠GolferGang network⁠. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Facebook⁠ and The Putting Penguin on ⁠Instagram⁠ & ⁠Facebook⁠ as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their ⁠website⁠ including the ⁠event page⁠, which has the link to the new ⁠event history⁠ page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter ⁠here ⁠. 2025 ⁠membership⁠ as discussed in the episode and the ⁠contact page⁠ where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the ⁠WAG Tour page⁠ for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. You can find the highlights of the World Adventure Golf Tour on Olympics.com. Podcast Sponsors ⁠Walkabout Mini Golf⁠ - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game ⁠Castle Golf⁠ - minigolf course constructors ⁠Pingvin⁠ - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: ⁠Tom⁠ (aka Mr. Tee) of ⁠A Couple of Putts⁠ I ⁠Pat⁠ of ⁠The Putting Penguin⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat do a quick review of some recent tournaments with the help of field reports from Aaron Kaminski and Bryan Akers. After that they dive into a long-overdue interview with one of the legends of minigolf Hans Olofsson. We talk about his history with the sport, how he moved into adventure golf and how he has managed to be one of the winningest players ever on that discipline. They then talk about some of the details of being in the minigolf business, how that impact his view of the sport and the intersection of business and tournaments. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: Hans Interview (4:00) Virtual AMA tournaments (Putt18 and Walkabout) (1:36:27) Polish Adventure Golf Masters (1:44:16) South Carolina Open (1:53:25) Upcoming Tournaments (1:58:00) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. You can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Hans Olofsson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We went big (golf) time! In a special episode, Pat joined other golf podcasters from the Golfer Gang Network for a Masters roundtable. With one of the most famous golf tournaments in the world coming up, they talked about the tournament, the podcasters' relationship with it and then dove into a variety of betting lines for the tournament. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the Golfer Gang network. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2025 AMA membership and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat look at what has already been a very busy winter of putting in the United States starting with the first four AMA tournaments of the season. They also cover some other events both home and abroad that have happened and take a look into the future a little with the WAG Tour and the upcoming Final event. It's a great episode to get you ready for the full slate of tournaments that will be quickly upon the minigolf world starting in the spring. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field (and we'll take them in multiple languages)! Key Episode Moments: Prodigium Tournament (7:45) O-Street Winter Classic (12:53) Coziest Mini Golf Open (19:50) Big Putts-a-Pa-Looza (28:40) AMA Virtual Tournaments (38:24) Other US Tournaments (42:09) USPMGA Scoring (1:00:12) WMF WAG Tour (1:03:39) Other International News (1:07:42) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook. You can find us also on the GolferGang network. ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. The USPMGA scoring rubric discussed can be found here and you can visit the WAG Tour page for more information on the upcoming final and new tour season. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls OneShotGolf final live stream tournament with Pat and Tom Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat managed to wrangle two of the most infamous names in UK minigolf, though we use the term "wrangle" loosely. Ted "Big Top" McIver and Tim "Ace Man" Davies have been around the world of minigolf for 25+ years and collaborated on the seminal tome "Nutters with Putters". We somehow managed to get them to talk about their history, their views on some courses in the UK, the current state of UK minigolf and drop some hints for coming attractions. This was all intertwined with a plethora of stories from the past and bickering about details the way only two long-time friends can do. What we didn't know is that they hadn't talked to each other in 10 years! There's plenty more surprises dropped like that throughout the interview and we hope to have these two blokes on again sometime. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! You can also contact us if you have other books or games you'd like to share and maybe we'll cover them in a future episode! Some links to items in the episode: Nutters with Putters by Tim Davies & John McIver Win at Miniature Golf or the Gamesman's Guide to Crazy Golf (A Holeistic Approach) by Tim Davies Teaser on YouTube E4 Grudge Match Episode with Ted & Tim Nutters with Putters accompanying DVD/video 2004 Team Great Britain Mini Golf Documentary with Ted 54 Problems Interview with Ted British Mini Golf Association (BMGA) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Instagram & Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guests: Tim "Ace Man" Davies and Ted "Big Top" McIver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat hosted a live Puttcast session on Facebook and YouTube on January 15, 2025. For this episode they went away from the normal recapping of events and focused on a variety of a miniature golf culture items, specifically focusing on books in their libraries and games they have played. It was a great look at many items that are available to purchase now to keep away those off-season blues as well as several harder to find and out-of-print items that may now be collectors items. As we get into the season, if you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! You can also contact us if you have other books or games you'd like to share and maybe we'll cover them on a future episode! Key podcast moments: WAG Tour Final (9:00) Books (16:00) Games (47:00) Some links to items in the episode: Miniature Golf by John Margolies Nutters with Putters by Tim Davies & John McIver Amazing Strokes by Gretchen Smith Tilting at Windmills by Andy Miller 2024 Guinness World Records The Minibook of Mini Golf by Tim Hollis One Last Shot by John David Anderson Foul Play at the Seaview Hotel by Glenda Young My Family and Other Hazards by June Melby Win at Miniature Golf or the Gamesman's Guide to Crazy Golf (A Holeistic Approach) by Tim Davies The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf by Mike Vargo Minigolf Photography by Simon Martin Minigolf Designer Crazy Golf - The Mini Golf Dice Game Putting Pool Putt18 Walkabout Minigolf Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2025 membership as discussed in the episode and the contact page where you can find the Max Cullen Award submission form. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat, along with AMA organizers Bryan Akers, Aaron Kaminski and Kyle Cutshaw, hosted a virtual players meeting for AMA members on December 11, 2024. This episode is the audio version of that call. The group summarized the 2024 season in statistics and achievements. They also highlighted all the event winners, the rankings both nationally and regionally, and gave shout outs to other top players in the youth and women categories. Before heading to some Q&A, they turned their attention to the upcoming 2025 season and the majority of already confirmed events. If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! Key podcast moments: Kick-off of AMA meeting (3:36) AMA 2024 tournament rundown (16:41) Spirit Award (36:20) AMA 2025 season schedule (40:00) Q&A (58:30) Maine Minigolf Tour Update (1:29:58) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2024 AMA survey as discussed in the episode. Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events (including the Tennessee Open and Matterhorn International Pro-Am) are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom & Pat start with a quick wrap up the final virtual events for the AMA and the last tour stops of the year for the WMF World Adventure Golf Tour. Then they highlight some of the AMA season stats and celebrate the amount of minigolf played across the US before getting to the main event - an interview with the AMA's top ranked player in 2024 Bryan Akers from Georgia. They talk about his short, but full, history with competitive minigolf, walk through his season with the AMA and other tournaments and turn an eye towards his goals in 2025. The episode wraps up talking about a chance for everyone to get involved with the AMA season wrap-up in December. If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! AMA Virtual Events WAG Tour Events AMA Season Highlights Interview with Bryan Akers Upcoming AMA Players Meeting Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which has the link to the season wrap-up meeting and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Bryan Akers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom & Pat take the time to go through a huge list of events from the AMA, the WMF World Adventure Golf (WAG) Tour and more that were played since late September, many of which they had firsthand experience with. They also chat a bit about how the AMA seasons is wrapping up, cover some of the changes to the WAG Tour Final and step back into the world of minigolf gambling with the Putt Tour. If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! Mossy Creek Masters (Kyle Cutshaw) (4:50) Miniest Mini Golf Open (8:30) Ice Age Classic (13:50) Putters League Championship (15:50) WAG Tour Final (21:50) Manchester Adventure Golf Masters (25:20) Aces Spotlight Event (35:50) British Open (43:30) Australian Masters (55:45) USPMGA Masters (57:20) Salty Scallywag (1:03:50) Popstroke (1:06:30) Asian Championships (1:09:40) Putt Tour (1:11:30) Upcoming Events (1:19:30) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . Live stream replay of the WAG Tour events are available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom & Pat celebrate the massive amount of tournaments played during the month of September, including several they were involved in across the U.S. They also take some time to discuss a massive scheduling conflict that has come up in the competitive world and the impact of too little sharing in the world of competitive minigolf. The episode wraps up by looking forward to more events that close out September and run into October. If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us (puttwhenready@gmail.com) to provide your own report from the field! NC Open report (Jason Durgala) (4:30) Lee Stoddard Dolphin Open (9:30) Rogue Eagle (15:37) Matterhorn International Pro-Am (20:04) Branson Open (39:01) WAG Tour (40:25) Putt Putt National Championships (42:10) City Golf Tour Final and Other Events (48:15) Australia Open Report (Josh Mars) (56:40) Scheduling Conflicts (1:03:00) Upcoming Events (1:21:20) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . Live stream replay of the Matterhorn International Pro-Am is available over on the WMF WAG Tour YouTube Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom & Pat grind their way through recaps of an assortment of tournaments happening around the world at the end of August and as we head into September. Then they take some time to talk with Kyle Cutshaw, owner of Mossy Creek Mini Golf and the tournament director of the Tennessee Open as well as many other tournaments at the course. Kyle provides some insight on how they developed a competitive minigolf community in Jefferson City, TN and how that grew into hosting events like the USPMGA U.S.Open and the largest field ever for the TN Open in 2024. Then they recap the event and some of surprising storylines that came out of it. If you want to help us recap events, don't forget you can reach out to us puttwhenready@gmail.com to provide your own report from the field! Farmington Miniature Golf Tournament (4:15) German Adventure Golf Masters (9:00) Swedish Adventure Golf Masters (11:55) Bro Hof Putt Masters (14: 55) Polish Championship (16:50) TN Open and interview with Kyle Cutshaw (18:50) Upcoming AMA and international events in September (1:06:30) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . You can watch all of the TN Open via the WAG Tour opening and final live streams. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest Kyle Cutshaw Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom & Pat jump feet first into a pool of minigolf action, recapping an assortment of tournaments in August. We also have the first of our "call-in" recaps from across the world (and don't forget you can supply them by reaching out to puttwhenready@gmail.com). Then its a quick chat with Red Putter champion Matt Kraus about his background and some of the other recent tournaments he has played in (U.S. Open, WPL Qualifier, Salty Seagull) as well as a surprising upcoming plan. Finally, the hosts turn their eyes to the near future and the slate of tournaments that will finish August and kick-off September. Red Putter (3:00) Maine Open (9:45) O-Street Open (13:55) Youth World Championships (23:35). Reports from the field - Jason Durgala Jr. (28:15) Reports from the field - Seve Kukielka of Gloucester Aces (31:55) Matt Kraus interview (39:15) Upcoming events (1:04:32) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . 2024 Youth World Championshiops full results Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest Matt Kraus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A short pod from Tom & Pat about some mini golf courses they have enjoyed recently as well as some tips to shake up your mini golfing experience. The two hosts also put out a call for reports from the field from players and mini golf lovers from across the world. Listen in for the details and email the hosts at puttwhenready@gmail.com American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) added an event history and hole-by-hole scoring (2:22) Putter's League Atlanta Georgia Open Recap (3:00) The Shack Tournament Recap (6:40) Call for audio submissions and reports from clubs, mini golf lovers, and federations from across the world (9:25) Pat & Tom offer course recommendations (14:40) - See show notes below for links to courses Tips on new approaches to the game of mini golf (31:50) Previewing upcoming AMA and international tournaments (37:20) Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events and the new event history page that includes hole-by-hole results for a ton of recent and past events. You can join their email newsletter here . Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Recommended Courses Newport Mini Golf - Pat St. Croix National Mini Golf - Tom Sonny's Place - Pat Parc Floral de Paris Mini Golf - Tom Camping Bar - Pat Asheboro Mini Golf - Tom Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat welcome to the show a fellow podcaster and long-time friend of the pod Marc Chapman {2:25}. Marc recently won the World Crazy Golf Championship marking his 4th win of this tournament since 2018. They talk about his history with minigolf, the World Crazies specifically and why winning that tournament is so special. They also discuss his thoughts on minigolf in general and ask him to put on his development hat to chat about how other places can replicate the success of the Crazies. After that they spend some time chatting about the recent results of the M.C Mini Masters (an AMA event) and look forward to a couple AMA events on the July schedule. {77:13} Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events (including being able to see past event results). You can join their email newsletter here . World Crazy Golf Championship 2024 results Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Guest: Marc Chapman Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat are back in the "studio" remembering how to podcast after catching up on sleep from the World Adventure Golf Masters (WAGM). They dive deep into WAGM (4:15) giving a quick overview of the tournament in total and then talking about Tom's experience as a rookie there. This leads to all sorts of discussion about the international style of play at these tournaments and where they see ways the US game can improve and grow at that level. It was then time to touch on the results of a handful of recent events like the World Crazy Golf Championship (57:50), the AMA 1st Rosebud Open {1:03:30}, the AMA Salty Seagull tournament (1:05:52), the PPA National Invitational (1:08:05) and a recent Putting World event (1:10:03). They find their way again by the end of the episode to wrap up looking at some upcoming events in June/July (1:11:00). This episode may have gotten wondering at times but there was a lot going on since they chatted last! Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is filled with our 2024 events (including being able to see past event results). You can join their email newsletter here . Learn more about the WMF at their website and specifically the WAGM in this wrap-up article that has links to the final scores as well as the live streaming mentioned in the episode. You can find more about the PPA at their website. If you are interested in listening to the new Talkin' Putts podcast, you can find them on Spotify here. Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game Castle Golf - minigolf course constructors Pingvin - minigolf course supplier, with a focus on minigolf balls Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom and Pat kick off the show with a look at the WMF's World Adventure Golf (WAG) Tour final, which sets the stage for our interviewees (3:50). With the AMA (and minigolf in general) season now in full gear they looked at two recent tournaments in NJ and MN (15:24) and then ran through a bunch of US and international results (28:15). After all the updates, it was time to bring on Dave Vayda and Caleb Smith from Connecticut who made the WAG Tour final based on their placement in the Matterhorn International Pro-Am in 2023 (36:50). Pat has been working with both as they prepped for the final and the interview was just after they returned form the Czech Republic. For both, it was their first international competition. They chatted about the difficulty of the tournament, the amazing atmosphere around the tournament by players and organizers and just the overall experience of the trip. Find visuals and context for our conversations on social media: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook ​ Follow A Couple of Putts at @coupleputts on Instagram, Twitter & Facebook and The Putting Penguin on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook as well. Check out the American Mini Golf Alliance (AMA) over on their website including the event page, which is almost filled with all our 2024 events (including being able to see past event results). You can join their email newsletter here . Learn more about the WMF at their website. You can find replays of the WAG Tour final on their YouTube page. You can order your Putt18 map at their store. Don't forget to use the discount code minigolf-10 for 10% off! Podcast Sponsors Walkabout Mini Golf - the biggest and best virtual reality miniature golf game that just announced the newest upcoming course, Ice Lair Episode Hosts: Tom (aka Mr. Tee) of A Couple of Putts I Pat of The Putting Penguin Episode Guest: Dave Vayda and Caleb Smith. Check out some of their WAG Tour shorts over on the Putting Penguin YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices